Outpatient OR Nurse Manager

About the role

As our Manager of Perioperative Services, you will provide comprehensive leadership and operational oversight for all perioperative phases, ensuring safe, high-quality, and efficient surgical care. Your role optimizes patient outcomes and staff performance. Every day you will manage multidisciplinary teams, optimize surgical schedules, oversee resource allocation, and implement best practices to enhance quality, safety, and efficiency. You will also monitor financial performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement. To be successful, you need extensive perioperative clinical/leadership experience, a deep understanding of surgical processes, and exceptional interpersonal/problem-solving skills. Your ability to inspire staff, manage challenges, and align services strategically will be paramount in fostering excellence and achieving superior surgical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the coordination of patient flow throughout the perioperative services areas from admission to discharge.
• Consults in a variety of patient care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge.
• Serves as a clinical resource for problem solving and assists staff with patient related issues.
• Serves as a role model to develop staff competence in the delivery of nursing care.
• Responsible for cost effective operations and initiatives, including product evaluation, prevention of waste & damage, materials management, patient flow, control of overtime, & appropriate staff mix.
• Able to provide safe, quality care directly to a surgical patient as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum of 3 years leadership experience upon hire, or minimum of 5 years leadership experience in the discipline, or Master's Degree with no experience required upon hire (effective January 2016 for new hires).
• Registered Nurse license in Texas, required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days of hire.

Where you'll work

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is a 1,045-bed facility located in the Texas Medical Center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke's is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.

Pay

$56.13 – $83.49 per hour